Cigar-holder.



C. E. JOHNSON.

CIGAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21. 1916.

1,204,990, PafentedNbv. 14,1916.

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CIGAR-HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14:, 1916.

Application filed March 21, 1916. Serial No. 85,699.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES E. Jonnson, asubject of the King of Sweden residing at New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inCigar-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders which may be easily and quicklytransformed from one adapted to hold a cigar to one adapted to hold acigarette and vice versa and it con sists in the novel featureshereinafter-doscribed and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a holder of the characterindicated which may be quickly transformed for the purposes stated andwith this object in view the structure includes a body portion having abit section, an intermediate section and an end socket section. Jaws arepivotally mounted upon the intermediate section and provided for movingthe said jaws to hold their gripping ends in contact with the cigar orcigarette as the case may be. The end portions of the jaws extendtransversely across the end of the socket and when the jaws are moved toengage the cigar or cigarette they are held in proper position by thesaid moving means. The moving means may also be manipulated to spreadthe gripping ends of the jaws whereby the cigar or cigarette isreleased.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of theholder. Fig. 2 is a similar view at a right angle to that shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same; Fig. a is aside elevation of the modified form of the same.

The holder is in the form of a body which includes a bit section 1, anintermediate section 2 and a socket section 3.' The sections joinintegrally one with the other and a passage way leads longitudinallythrough the same. The socket section 3 is provided with an internalsocket the side walls of which taper and the said socket may be of anysuit able diameter. The socket provided in the socket 3 is adapted toreceive the end of a cigar or cigarette as the case may be.

Jaws 4 are pivotally mounted upon the intermediate section 2 and thesaid jaws are provided in the vicinity of the point of juncture of theintermediate section 2 and the socket section 3 with outstandingshoulders 5. The said jaws l are further provided at their inner endswith shanks 6 the exmeans is' tremities of which are disposed toward theperiphery of the intermediate section 2. The jaws a are provided attheir forward ends with gripping portions 7 which extend transverselyacross the end of the socket provided in the socket section 3. In orderthat the device may be made as small as possible and constructed fromwood a ferrule S is applied to the end of the socket section 3. The saidferrule is of metal and consequently prevents the bodyv from splittingwhen a cigar or cigarette is inserted forcibly in the same. A ring 9 ismovably mounted upon the intermediate section 2 and may engage theshoulders 5 of the jaws a when moved in one direction and when moved inan opposite direction engage the shanks 6 of the said jaws 4. hen thering 9 is moved into engagement with the shoulders 5 the jaws 4 areswung whereby the gripping portions 7 are moved toward each other acrossthe end of the socket section 3 and thus the portions 7 may be broughtinto contact with the opposite sides of a cigar or cigarette and thesame will be securely held in the socket of the section 3. hen the ring9 is moved into engagement with the shank 6 of the jaws 4. the grippingportions 7 of the said jaws are swung away from each other whereby thecigar or cigarette which has been previously clamped between them isreleased and the said cigar or cigarette may then be readily removedfrom the socket section 3. In one form of the invention the ring 9 isslidably mounted upon the intermediate section 2 and frictionallyengages the same to such an eX- tent as to remain at the position towhich it is adjusted upon the said section 2. In the form of theinvention as shown in Fig. 4 the ring 9 is screwthreaded upon thesection 2 and is moved longitudinally of the said section by beingturned. In both forms of the invention the operation of the ring 9 whenit engages the'shoulders 5 and the shank 6 of the aws 4 is the same. c

From the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing it will be seen that a holder of simple and durablestructure is provided and that the same may be easily and quicklytransformed from one adapted to hold a cigar to one adapted to hold acigarette and vice versa. Also the device is susceptible of manipulationto quickly release a partially consumed cigar or cigarette by swingingthe gripping ends of the jaws away from each other.

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. A smokers articlecomprising a body having a bit section, an intermediate section and asocket section jaws pivotally mounted upon the intermediate section andhaving gripping portions extending transversely across the socketsection, said jaws being provided with spaced outstanding shoulders andoutstanding shanks and a ring mounted upon the intermediate portion andmovable thereon to engage the shoulders or the shanks.

2. A smokers article comprising a bod) having a bit section,

an intermediate section Copies of this patent may be obtained for fivecents each,

and a socket section, jaws pivotally mounted upon the intermediatesection and having gripping portions disposed transversely across thesocket section, said jaws being provided with spaced shoulders andshanks and a ring screwthreaded upon the intermediate portion andengageable with the shoulders and shanks of the jaws to swing the same.

In testimony whereof I, aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. JOHNSON. Witnesses ANNA V. Donna, CHRIs FEINLE, J r.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

